John Davidson
Outdoors Writer and Editor at Highland News & Media
Content and Commercial Editor at Highland News & Media
Content and commercial editor for @HighNewsMedia. @active_outdoors. Mountain Leader. @highlandcyclist. And a bunch of other stuff.
Articles
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6 days ago |
inverness-courier.co.uk | John Davidson
Disruption is expected later this month when the Far North Line is closed for three weeks as part of a major upgrade of the track. As revealed by the John O’Groat Journal in March, Network Rail is investing £11.5million to refurbish and replace key sections of the line, helping to improve the long-term reliability of rail services in the north of Scotland.
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1 week ago |
ross-shirejournal.co.uk | John Davidson
Crofters are asking government to take action to “control predation” by sea eagles after claims that attacks on lambs have reached unprecedented levels. The Scottish Crofting Federation says that weather and predation are the two biggest threats to newborn lambs, with white-tailed eagles being a growing problem. They say that reports suggests the reintroduced birds are ranging further and have been spotted in new parts of Scotland, as well as in larger numbers.
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1 week ago |
inverness-courier.co.uk | John Davidson
Heading into summer, it’s the perfect time of year to see nature at its best, and we’ve been lucky in the Highlands recently with the long spell of dry and sunny weather – even if it wasn’t always the warmest. The cool northerly winds definitely took the edge off the heat, but the spring flowers seem to have been having a bumper year, in my experience.
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2 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | John Davidson
Work on the controversial Strathy South wind farm has begun nearly two decades since the scheme was mooted, SSE has announced. The energy giant said on Tuesday that early works on the 208MW onshore development in north Sutherland had started. A final investment decision on the £400 million project adjacent to the Strathy North wind farm was made in December.
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3 weeks ago |
inverness-courier.co.uk | John Davidson
Twenty athletes from Inverness orienteering club (INVOC) attended the British Orienteering Championships at the weekend, held this year in the Lake District. The event was held over two days with an individual competition and a team relay. The locations for this year were Grasmere and Bigland. Both these areas involve highly technical map-reading skills to navigate over the complex terrain, and physical ability of cross-country running over the hills and undergrowth.
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It was a real inspiration to meet and chat to Inverness's own Olympian Megan Keith at Sunday's Torvean junior parkrun before she heads to Paris to take part in the 10,000m final 🏃♀️ Good luck Megan, we'll all be cheering you on! https://t.co/PylPPTzdiw
A true legend of mountain rescue. Thank you for everything you've done and fought for.
Mountain rescue veteran on 'last fight' after terminal diagnosis https://t.co/MDG0mgVKCP
This Saturday sees the 40th staging of the @HighlandCross. I spoke to the event founders Calum Munro and Gerry Grant to learn more about how it all began, why it's such a special occasion and what the future holds... https://t.co/Me6Z9jXM72